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How many barrels of oil does each country produce?

Writer John Parsons

Oil Production by Country

#CountryYearly Oil Production (Barrels per day)
1United States14,837,639,510
2Saudi Arabia12,402,761,040
3Russia11,262,746,200
4China4,905,070,874

Which country will produce the most barrels of oil in 2020?

The United States
The United States is the top oil-producing country in the world, with an average of 19.47 million barrels per day (b/d), which accounts for 19% of the world’s production.

Which country has oil most in the world?

Venezuela
Oil Reserves by Country

#CountryWorld Share
1Venezuela18.2%
2Saudi Arabia16.2%
3Canada10.4%
4Iran9.5%

What was the OPEC oil quota in 2002?

March 15: OPEC oil ministers meeting in Vienna decide to maintain their quota restrictions, established January 1, 2002, through the end of the second quarter of the year. On January 1, 2002, OPEC cut its crude oil production quotas by an aggregate 1.5 million barrels per day (240,000 m 3 /d).

When did the OPEC oil cut go into effect?

January 1: The OPEC crude oil production quota cuts of 1.5 million barrels (240,000 m 3) per day, announced on December 28, officially go into effect for six months. Crude oil production or export cuts of 462,500 barrels per day (73,530 m 3 /d) by five non-OPEC oil exporters also go into effect.

Which is the leading oil producing country in OPEC?

Saudi Arabia is by far the leading producer of crude oil among the selected OPEC countries, with an average daily production of roughly 9.8 million barrels in 2019. Iraq ranked second, at 4.6 million barrels daily. OPEC oil production totaled some 35.6 million barrels per day that year, of which 29.4 million barrels were crude oil.

What was the price of OPEC oil in 2013?

For example, the price for one barrel of the OPEC Basket stood at some 105.87 U.S. dollars in 2013. In 2017, the average price that year was decreased by about half, at 52.03 U.S. dollars per barrel. Prices improved to an average of 70.66 U.S. dollars per barrel in 2018, however.